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Platinum Sponsor
	Booktopia is a 100% Australian-owned online-only retail store selling books, eBooks and DVDs all over the world. Based in Sydney, Australia we offer over 4 million books from our database which have been categorised into a variety of subjects to make it easier for you to browse and shop. As well as physical books, Booktopia offers Australian readers thousands of eBooks from a wide variety of international and local publishers. Whether you access your eBooks via your computer, tablet, iPhone or Android smartphone, or electronic reading device - online or offline, wherever you go, your eBooks will be there and accessible to you. All of our books are offered at a discount and you can ship as many physical books or DVDs per order as you like to anywhere in Australia for just $6.50 per order. We also welcome and cater for international customers to ship books all over the world.
Gold Sponsors
	Copia, a social eReading platform, connects you and your friends inside the books you need.Buy books, take and share notes, start study groups, join discussions, and read better together. All inside the margins
	Simpsons Solicitors is one of Australia’s leading intellectual property and entertainment law practices. The firm has a particular expertise in publishing and design and acts for many of leading publishers and book illustrators. We are a boutique, specialist practice comprising predominantly senior lawyers with a unique depth of experience, many of whom are active members and leaders of a diverse range of music, entertainment, publishing & arts boards and committees. For more information about our firm and our people please visit us at: www.simpsons.com.au.
Bronze Sponsor
	OverDrive is the leading full-service digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, music and video worldwide. We deliver secure management, DRM protection, and download fulfillment services for publishers, libraries, schools, and retailers–serving millions of end users globally. OverDrive currently hosts more than 1 million premium digital titles from more than 2,000 publishers, including Random House, HarperCollins, AudioGO, Harlequin, and Bloomsbury. Our digital distribution services are utilized by more than 22,000 libraries, schools, and colleges worldwide. For two consecutive years, OverDrive has been named to the EContent 100 as a company that matters most in the digital content industry
Publishing Techonology Book Innovation Award
	Publishing Technology plc is the world-leading provider of content solutions that transform business. We cover the publishing process from end to end with content systems, audience development and content delivery software and services. Combining our unmatched publishing knowledge, global operations and perpetual support model with our advance operations system, ingentaconnect scholarly portal, pub2web custom hosting platform and Publishers Communication Group (PCG) sales and marketing consultancy, we offer the industry’s only full spectrum of solutions to help publishers move their content forward.
Nielsen BookScan International Book of the Year 2013
	Nielsen BookScan is the international sales data monitoring and analysis service for the English-language book industry worldwide. Nielsen BookScan in Australia collects total transactional data at the point of sale directly from tills and despatch systems of all the major book retailers.Nielsen BookScan Online is a sophisticated, web-based delivery and analytical tool allowing easier, faster and more flexible data analysis. Click on the right to go to the service or contact us for further information.

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Summary of Categories

The Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years)
The Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to 14 years)
The Newcomer of the Year
The Illustrated Book of the Year
The Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award
The Biography of the Year
The General Non- Fiction Book of the Year
The General Fiction Book of the Year
The Book of the Year
Distributor of the Year
Specialist Bookseller of the Year
Chain/Franchise Bookseller of the Year Award (A chain/franchise bookseller is a group of more than five bookshops that operate in at least three states and/or territories of Australia)
Independent Bookseller of the Year
Regional Bookseller of the Year
Small Publisher of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Publisher Promotional Campaign of the Year
Publishing Technology Book Innovation Award